~Disclaimer~
Emmett: haha you don't own me
Me: that may be the case Emmett dear, but who has you right now…
Emmett: *looked around* yeah well I could get out of these chains of I wanted to… I am just amusing you.
Me: now that you said that the wicked lawyers wont come after me…hahaha
A/N~~ Thank you all for the reviews, adds and support, I was losing faith in this story for a bit, but I am going to keep knocking it out as long as there is someone to read it. Ya'll are the best!!!, also I was to correct a name misspelling from the last chapter… its Alec not Alex… my bad
Previously on Miss Me….
"Well Isabella it seems my gift does not work on you…..so very strange." He looked over to Felix, "bring me Jane, Alec and Edward please my child, tell them this is of utter importance."
I watched frozen to my spot as Felix hurried out of the room, what would be the chance of Edward not coming, he used to be pretty pig headed. I fought back the urge to scan the room for his grand entrance, I kept my eyes locked on Aro, I would know he was here when he got here.
Aro softly clapped his hands together grinning, "ah my dear ones, I am so glad you could join us, we have sort of a mystery here with this young human…Isabella"
From the corner of my eye I saw this young girl come to Aro's side first, fallowed by a similar looking boy, "Isabella may I introduce you to Jane, and her brother Alec…" he looked over my shoulder…"Edward, is everything ok…you look like you have seen a ghost."
I can just picture his face, Aro hit the nail on the head more then he intended to, yes Edward just seen a ghost. Fuck …if there was one time ever I wanted him to read my thoughts it would be right now…I could let him know I didn't tell that him or his family gave away the secret, and urge him to play along.
I just kept chanting over and over in my mind for him to please be the same Edward so he could save us both. I blinked and he was standing next to Aro, his body tense, his jaw locked…I finally let myself meet his gaze, I could almost see my own reflection in his deep onyx eyes.
With out even looking at Aro he spoke to him "I can get nothing from the girl," thank fucking god he was going along, when I thought this his head cocked ever so slightly, did he hear me?
"Jane my dearest one, would you mind" Aro looked over at the too innocent looking girl, she had this smile on her face that made me take a step back.
I kept my eyes locked on her waiting for what ever it was she was going to do, nothing came, I saw Edward relax a little from the corner of my eye… he better be careful, if I am catching all this I am sure other are to.
Soon Jane's face was strained, her lips curled into a snarl…I jumped when Aro busted out with a joyous laugh "ah just remarkable, Jane dear do not be distraught, think of the possibility's with this one, she will be more amazing then she already is."
I looked at him fed up with all this cryptic shit, "look I don't know what's going on here, someone tell me what the hell is happening…." this outburst got a hiss from Jane, Aro simply held his hand up to her.
"I am sorry Isabella, I got carried away I understand you are confused….here is my offer Isabella " he moved closer to me gently caressing my cheek with one finger, I did all I could not to jerk back.
"you already know why you are here, that is a crime punishable by death, for you and the vampire or vampires that reviled them selves to you…." I cut him off.
"I already told you, I did it myself, yeah there was either a vampire or some vampires in my town, I am not sure if she was alone or not, I observed her a few different times then did all the research myself."
He gave a light sigh, opps. "As that case may be then, it is a crime punishable by death for you, but I am here to offer you another option….join us Isabella…become what you studied so hard to find out about."
I gave a sideways glance to Edward hoping he was not going to blow it now…..so I have really gotten into it this time, my thoughts drifted to Emmett….how I wished I could just be back in his arms again.
Edward stumbled forward… causing everyone to turn too look at him, "umm, master…" he faced Aro, "I still here no thoughts from her, but having experience around humans for so long, I must advise giving her some….time, I can tell she is hungry, and there is also other human needs I am sure she has to tend to it was a long scary journey for her."
Aro walked over to his brothers, I could see their lips moving very fast, I could not hear a peep I just stood there, I tried something….'Edward if you can hear me adjust your cape' a few seconds later he did.
Holy fuck me….he can hear me now, what in the hell is going on. Aro came back from talking with his brothers, "Edward you have a point….this is not a decision to be taken lightly, but child…" he looked to me, "I will expect your decision no later then dusk tomorrow do you understand that."
"Yes sir….thank you, I will make sure I think it over hard." Aro turned to Edward whispering to him then turned to head out of the room….not before stopping, "and Isabella, if you make your choice before tomorrow be sure to come to me first." with that him and his brothers were gone.
I looked around not sure what to do now, when I was grabbed by the arm…shockingly not hard the grip was soft, I turned to see Edward was the one leading me out of the huge room. He kept his eyes straight ahead as he spoke.
"Aro has put me in charge of you….I have the most experience with ….your kind," he said 'your kind' so mean and venomous I shivered. We got into an elevator he still did not look at me, or say anything.
I stumbled getting off the elevator , he jerked me up by my arm I shot him a glare and cursed him in my mind, tired of his shit 'watch it Cullen.'
There was a car waiting outside he opened the back door ushering me in, getting in right after me…he spoke to the driver in Italian so that means…I didn't understand a fricken word.
I just stared out the window….this was a really pretty place, the moon was full and high tonight it lit up the city, man does he have a lot of explaining to do. As I thought that he leaned over me like he was doing something and whispered…"as do you."
Ok really can I turn this off now, fuck, now I knew how the rest of the family felt …mister fucking nosey always in their heads. He fought off a smirk, I thought really hard about having him out of my head.
All of a sudden he looked at me with wide eyes, I just raised a brow gave a simple head movement, then turned back to the window. Soon the car came to a stop outside a simple brick building, he got out first then grabbed my arm pulling me out.
I looked up at the tall old looking building, "what is this…" the car drove off , he lead me around the building, "this is a hotel, see the thing is Isabella, you are human…a very good smelling human, so for your safety Aro suggested you be put up here for the night so you could make a decision with out any pressure, and I have been ordered to baby-sit you."
We walking in the front door, the hotel was nothing on the inside I expected Edward walked to the front desk, it was then I noticed he lost the cape, I smirked just a little, I wish mister big and jerk face wouldn't have broke my phone, I really wanted to call someone, I thought of Mr. Darcy, home all alone I wasn't even sure if I left the window open.
Maybe dick-face here will let me use the phone in the room, or maybe he has a cell phone….don't see him letting me use it though. He tuned back to me , wordlessly lead me to another set of elevators.
I can not stand this anymore….its like I am in some fucking action/drama movie…I hate those kinda movies damnit. The doors opened, he started to get out…I put on the breaks, his glare sent chills down my back, but I held my ground "are you going to tell me what the fuck is going on…." I think I shocked him with my foul mouth….good he needs to realize I am not the little girl he left behind.
His stiff nod was enough to get me moving again, maybe I should lighten the mood a little…."hey does this place have a pool, a nice swim will help me think" I kept my eyes ahead of me, but I had a cocky grin on my face, "what happened to the human is hungry, I wasn't till you said something….weren't you supposed to feed me?"
We got to the room he quickly unlocked it….moved with vampire speed to the window closing the blinds…he was back to the door before it even shut all the way, he closed it locked both locks on it.
Before I knew it he was holding me in a super tight embrace, even if I wanted to…which I didn't, I couldn't hug him back cause my arms were pinned to my sides…."ahhh…Edward, still….human for the moment….cant breath" he let go, only taking a half step back.
"Bella…how, I mean, Alice saw it…I thought you were dead…" I moved around him to sit down, Jesus I was not ready for this, I was just standing in the kitchen telling Emmett and Alice how much I hated this fucker, now here I am locked in a hotel room with him half way around the world.
"Look Edward, this is a really fucked up situation here, I am not too sure how much I am going to trust you…your one of them…all I am going to tell you is Alice was wrong…I mean obviously, I don't know what you are trying to pull here but if you didn't notice this is not a happy reunion, I am in some deep shit here."
He closed his eyes pinching the bridge of his nose, oh great after all this time he is still a brooding douche bag. I folded my arms waiting for his well thought out response.
"For years I thought you were dead….then I see you standing in the middle of ….this…I mean come on Bella let me processes this a little, yes you are right you are in deep…shit.." wow Edward swore, someone mark it on a calendar.
He leaned against the table, "what is getting me is …back there I …I heard your thoughts Bella, yet you were unaffected by Jane and Alec…how did you do that, and now….now I am getting nothing from you again."
I laid back folding my arms over my belly…I was starting to get really hungry, "I don't know Edward, all I know is when you first walked in I kept wishing now you could hear me so you didn't blow things, I told Aro nothing about you or your family"
I rolled my head to the side so I could look at him, "what I want to know is how did I get past Aro in your mind, can't he read minds as well"
"Yes he can read minds Bella, I worked really hard on getting you…as you, out of my head before I came here, of course you were in there, but it was just passed off as some random human, it was a fling something to do with the life style I lived with the Cullen's….the picture of you in my mind is very different then you look now, but I fear if Aro was to request my touch after this…..he will know everything."
I looked back to the ceiling before closing my eyes…"well I didn't actually lie, you didn't tell me the secret….no one else in your family did either…remember I learned it from Jake's tribe story's then off the internet…"
He was now sitting on the bed with me…I moved over more toward the edge "yes I remember, the only problem that still remains is…we let you go, you knew and we did nothing to stop you, we should have killed you….I should have killed you on the spot."
I sat up to get a good hard glare at him…."Alice's visions…Aro must know about Alice's visions, she always said that I would be one of you…did that change after you left me?"
He actually looked pained as he answered, "no, she still saw you being one of us until…" he trailed off so I finished for him "until she saw me die" he just nodded.
"Well there we go…got the bases covered not like its going to matter anyways in four days I will be a vampire." His growl made me fall off the bed, "fuck Edward…what is your problem, would you rather have me dead then be like you," the hole that was in my chest for so long started to pull a little.
"I mean was I really all that bad…that the mere idea of me living forever repulses you, well you know what its not your fucking call anymore, I can make up my own mind and the faster I become a vampire the faster I can go home to what matters to me."
At some point during that I was standing, staring down at him. I was not going to let him make my choices for me anymore, I was not going to stand down to him anymore, fuck that.
"Look Bella," his voice was pretty calm cool and collected for me just yelling in his face, "this has nothing to do with me thinking you are not good enough to be a vampire, you just deserve a better life….a life Bella."
This time it was my turn to growl, yeah, yeah it was no match to his but I got my point across, "will you stop and fucking think please for one fucking minute, you left me….alone in the woods might I add, for my 'protection'.." I used finger quotations for protection, "yet here I am still standing amongst the vampires, get the hint I was destine for this life Edward, with or with out you."
He got up grabbing me by the shoulders effectively pinning my arms down again, "no Bella, not with me and NOT with Emmett…yeah I caught that, I am not sure how you pulled that off, get it into your head this is no life for you."
"May I remind you once again Edward, its not your choice anymore, its no ones choice but mine, not Emmett's not Alice's mine, you took everything from me, you cant take this…not now."
He let go turning his back to me walking over to the window not moving the curtain he just stood there looking at a closed window. I knew I hurt him….well this is me, not caring. I sat back on the bed softly asking "can I get something to eat now?"
"I ordered room service for you when I checked us in, it should be here soon, Bella…what can I say to make things better." oh great, pity, this was not my strong suit, how could I try and make someone who hurt me so bad feel better?
"Edward, you just need to really let me go, this is what you wanted, I went to college, I had a job, I have a cat…my life did go on…but there was always something missing, it took me a long time to realize it wasn't just you, that it wasn't even you at all, it was the family as a whole, you took my family when you left, I am getting a chance to have that family back don't take that away form me as well."
This was getting to heavy, ew. "Is there a phone I can use, I have to get someone to check on my cat," he turned to me then walked over to the phone picked it up and started to dial.
"No there is a phone I can use to call someone for you." I just rolled my eyes, I guess something's will never change…that's it, he's a control freak…jerk. He was waiting for someone to pick up when there was a knock on the door, both of our heads shot up looking at the door, then he mouthed 'room service, go get it'.
I bowed over-dramatically "yeeeessss master" I straitened up and got the door, the man rolled a cart in, holy shit it smelled good, Edward held out a tip still on the phone, he must have dialed a new number cause phones don't ring this long. The guy took his tip and hurried out, I was already sitting on the bed with the cart in front of me opening all the containers.
I just took my first bite of the penne in a white garlic cream sauce when he said something nearly sending me off the bed again, I was so entranced in my food I forgot about him sitting on the bed with me.
My back stiffened when he said the name, "Alice…no please Alice let me explain….no…yes she is…little mouthy but other then that….damnit Alice no I …don't…hello Emmett.." I could almost hear Emmett screaming through the phone, I took a few more bites straining to hear the full conversation.
"Emmett…ok, ok…stop, can you please put the phone on speaker phone so Alice can know what's going on as well, I need to know her input…" he explained everything he even asked if one of them could go check on my cat, by the time the conversation was wrapping up I was just about half way done eating…I stopped turning toward Edward pleading with my eyes to get the phone.
He sighed…"here is Bella, she would like to speak to you guys" ha…how wrong did he have it I just wanted to talk to Emmett,
what ever makes him happy I guess… I moved over as he stood holding out the phone for me, as I took it he left the room, not before telling me he will be right back he's not going far.
I waited till the door closed before I said anything…Emmett was already calling out to me( a/n Emmett is talking in italics for the phone conversation)
'Bella….Bella damnit answer me'
"Emmett…I am here, Edward left the room, Emmett…I am going to get right to the point, did you know about this, was this all a set up from the beginning..?" my voice was shaking, I was scared to hear his answer.
'no Bella, it was a shock, after Rosalie showed up at the pool, I had to get out of there for a minute, I was just going like around the block or something, Alice ended up fallowing me, we got back you were gone that's when the vision hit Alice."
"but Emmett, how did she know I was with you, you told me no one knew about me."
'before you came over I called Rosalie, I wanted to tell her that I ….I found someone else, she was all great and happy over the phone, told me she was glad I was moving on, I slipped when I was talking about you and said your name, she still didn't seem to mind, I guess she was just dodging Alice.'
"I am sorry I doubted you Emmett, this is….I don't know but I am scared and I just want to come home." finally for the first
time the tears flooded out of my eyes, Emmett was on the other end trying his hardest to console me…
'baby don't you worry, Alice is taking care of your cat right now, then we are both on the next fight to you…the rest of the family is already on a plane Bella, we are coming for you.'
I panicked "oh god no… please no…Edward told you everything…please don't come here, I cant lose you."
'Bella listen to me, Edward has a lot of pull over there, and so does Carlisle, that is where Edward went, he went to talk with Aro, to tell him you made your decision but you and him are waiting for us."
"Then they are going to kill us all…you guys for knowing me and me knowing you," I started to feel sick,
'baby listen to me, Alice saw it all, its going to happen its going to be ok, we are all going to be there for you, and with Alice's visions Aro will be fine, he is just really going to try and talk you into joining his guard,'
No way in hot hell is that going to happen, not a chance. 'look baby Alice is back I gotta go…just hang in there , I know this is hard but trust Edward ok, please…keep your cool I will be there soon…I love you.'
My breath hitched at his last words…I replied so softly I barely heard it "I love you too Emmett, " with that the line was dead, I was alone for now I hung up the receiver then laid back closing my eyes wrapping my arms tightly around me I just cried, I cried myself right to sleep.
A/N… the poll is still up about Edward's eyes… in this chapter I took the easy way out and made them black….he gonna have to feed sometime haha…don't forget to vote! This part of the story is about to come to wraps, but then… I have already been working on Emmett's side hehe…more of your questions will be answered, then maybe…just maybe there will be a sequel …depends on how well the rest of the story goes.
